This 2 CD set, compiled by Mark Gridley, includes 35 historic recordings of the big names in jazz history.  These CDs help students appreciate why listeners became so excited about their styles, and spares students and instructors from the need to search for hard-to-locate, high-quality examples of each style.  Each selection on the 2 CD set is accompanied by a Listening Guide in Concise Guide to Jazz. You may add 12 more historical recordings by packaging with the Prentice Hall Jazz Collection CD (ISBN 0-13-227222-9 includes the text, 2 Jazz Classics CDs, and the Prentice Hall Jazz Collection CD.

Jazz Classics 2 CD set:  Disc 1 Track1 Original Dixieland Jazz Band:  “Dixie Jazz Band One-Step” (1917) 2 King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band:  “Alligator Hop” (1923) 3 Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong:  “Reckless Blues” (1923) 4 Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke:  “Riverboat Shuffle” (1927) 5 Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines:  “West End Blues” (1928) 6 Art Tatum:  “Tiger Rag” (1933) 7 Count Basie and Lester Young:  “Lady Be Good” (1936) 8 Roy Eldridge and Chu Berry:  “Sittin’ In” (1938) 9 Count Basie and Lester Young:  “Taxi War Dance” (1939) 10 Billie Holiday and Lester Young:  “Back in Your Own Back Yard” (1939) 11 Coleman Hawkins:  “Body and Soul” (1939) 12 Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, and Barney Bigard:  “Harlem Airshaft” (1940) 13 Johnny Hodges:  “I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good” (1961) 14 Ella Fitzgerald:  “Flying Home” (1945) 15 Dexter Gordon and Fats Navarro:  “Index” (1947) 16 Charlie Parker and John Lewis:  “Parker’s Mood” (1948) 17 Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie:  “Leap Frog” (1950) 18 Bud Powell:  “Get Happy” (1950) 19 Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz:  “Subconscious-Lee” (1949) 20 Stan Kenton and Lee Konitz:  “Improvisation” (1953) 21 J. J. Johnson, Clifford Brown, and Jimmy Heath:  “Get Happy” (1953)  22 Stan Getz:  “It Never Entered My Mind” (1957)  23 Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane:  “Two Bass Hit” (1958) 24 Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and John Coltrane:  “Blue in Green” (1959)  Disc 2 Track 1 Wes Montgomery:  “Mr Walker” (1960) 2 Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, and Paul Motian:  “Solar” (1961) 3 John Coltrane:  “Your Lady” (1963) 4 Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, and Curtis Fuller:  “The Egyptian” (1964) 5 Ornette Coleman:  “Dee-Dee” excerpt (1965) 6 Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock:  “Prince of Darkness” (1967) 7 John Coltrane and Rashied Ali:  “Mars” 8 Chick Corea:  “Captain Marvel” (1972) 9 Horace Silver, Michael Brecker, and Randy Brecker:  “Gregory is Here” (1972) 10  Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek:  “The Wind-Up” (1974) 11 Weather Report:  “Birdland” (1977)

– Disc 1 –

Track

1. “Dixie Jazz Band One-Step” (LaRocca-Joe Jordan) a 1917; 2:35 Original Dixieland Jazz Band

2. “Alligator Hop” (Oliver-Picou) g 1923; 2:22 King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

3. “Reckless Blues” (F. Longshaw) a 1925; 3:01 Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong

4. “Riverboat Shuffle” (H. Carmichael) a 1927; 3:07 Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke

5. “West End Blues” (J. Oliver) a 1928; 3:13 Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines

6. “Tiger Rag” (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) a 1933; 2:18 Art Tatum

7. “Lady Be Good” (G. Gershwin) a 1936; 3:05 Count Basie and Lester Young

8. “Sittin’ In” (Berry-Eldridge) f 1938; 2:00 Roy Eldridge and Chu Berry

9. “Taxi War Dance” (Basie-Young) a 1939; 2:49 Count Basie and Lester Young

10. “Back in Your Own Back Yard” (A. Jolson) a 1939; 2:39 Billie Holiday, Lester Young

11. “Body and Soul” (J. Green) a 1939; 3:02 Coleman Hawkins

12. “Harlem Airshaft” (E. Ellington) a 1940; 2:57 Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Barney Bigard

13. “I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good” (E. Ellington) f 1961; 3:35 Johnny Hodges

14. “Flying Home” (Goodman-Hampton) f 1945; 2:27 Ella Fitzgerald

15. “Index” (D. Gordon) d 1947; 3:04 Dexter Gordon and Fats Navarro

16. “Parker’s Mood” (C. Parker) d 1948; 3:00 Charlie Parker and John Lewis

17. “Leap Frog” (Parker-Gillespie) f 1950; 2:29 Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

18. “Get Happy” (H. Arlen) f 1950; 2:52 Bud Powell

19. “Subconscious-Lee” (L. Konitz) c 1949; 2:46 Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz

20. “Improvisation” (W. Russo) b 1953 6:20 Stan Kenton and Lee Konitz

21. “Get Happy” (H. Arlen) b 1953; 4:50 J.J. Johnson, Clifford Brown, Jimmy Heath

22. “It Never Entered My Mind” (Rodgers & Hart) f 1957; 3:45 Stan Getz

23. “Two Bass Hit” (J. Lewis) a 1958; 5:13 Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane

24. “Blue in Green” (W. Evans) a 1959; 5:25 Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane

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Track

1. “Mr. Walker” (W. Montgomery) c 1960; 4:33 Wes Montgomery

2. “Solar” (C. Wayne) h 1961; 8:57 Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian

3. “Your Lady” (J. Coltrane) f 1963; 6:37 John Coltrane

4. “The Egyptian” (C. Fuller) b 1964; 10:20 Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan,

Curtis Fuller

5. “Dee-Dee” excerpt (O. Coleman) b 1965; 5:40 Ornette Coleman

6. “Prince of Darkness” (W. Shorter) a 1967; 6:27 Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter,

Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams

7. “Mars” (J. Coltrane) f 1967; 10:41 John Coltrane and Rashied Ali

8. “Captain Marvel” (Corea) i 1972; 4:52 Chick Corea

9. “Gregory Is Here” (H. Silver) b 1972; 6:18 Horace Silver, Michael Brecker,

Randy Brecker

10. “The Wind-Up” (K. Jarrett) e 1974; 8:26 Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek

11. “Birdland” (J. Zawinul) a 1977; 5:57 Weather Report

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